Game Thread Bruins at Stars 2/20/16

The Bruins are in really, really, really southern Minnesota for their meeting with the Dallas Minnesota North Stars. Of Dallas. Both teams must just be lost. I can’t imagine this “Dallas” thing will last…
There’s a North Stars Alumni game coming up today, and Minnesota hockey fans are really confused.

Be it in Minnesota or Dallas (I get them confused) Tonight we get to see the Bruins’ semi-annual reunion with Bruins Alumnus Tyler Seguin.

Fortunately, Bruins fans quickly made their peace with that trade and have no regrets.

This will be the final game of this road trip
With 191 goals for, the Stars are the most prolific scoring team in the NHL, and have the second highest PTS/GM in the league (behind the Caps). They are led by the top-line scoring duo of Seguin & Benn, the #3 & #4 goal scorers in the league.
Fortunately, the Bruins have done pretty well in scoring this year as well, with #5 goal scorer Brad Marchand actually scoring at a faster pace than Seguin or Benn.

The Bruins started the season with the hottest power play in hockey, and the worst penalty kill. Things have reversed themselves since then. Since the All-Star break, the Bruins Power Play has gone 1 for 32, ranking them last in the league, while their Penalty Kill has improved to 83.42% for the year, ranking them as one of the best in the league, but since the break they have gone 25-32 which is below average. Still, the Bruins have snagged 6 of the 12 available points on this road trip, and have a chance to make it 8 points tonight.

Expect the Stars to attack the Bruins with speed. The current defensive lineup is not the fastest that the Bruins have iced this season, and have struggled against speedy attacking teams. As usual when facing Dallas, unless the Bruins can slow the game down, this could be a long night for the B’s.